Coin displaying parking meter



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COIN DIS PLAYING PARKING METER Filed July 24, 1961 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 INVENTOR fZm yea H law/s ATTORNEY United States Patent ()fiice warn Patented May 14, 1963 3,039,640 COIN DISPLAYING PARKING METER Edward Donovan Lewis, 3656 Encanto Drive, Fort Worth, Tex. Filed July 24, 1961, Ser. No. 126,222 Claims. (Cl. 232-1) This invention relates to a coin displaying parking meter which collects coins in payment for parking space and which, by its location, partially marks off the parking space. Such meters do not have clock mechanisms or indicators for showing the amount of parking time paid for but remaining unused, or for showing overtime parking. Meters of this type are commonly used in towns and cities where revenue is collected for parking of cars on and along streets in the towns and cities. A meter constructed in accordance with the teachings of the present invention has the potential to collect more money than the visible time indicator type meter since no visible indication of time is shown and the time element is not involved. In view of this situation each person parking will insert a coin in the meter in order to insure that his parking space is paid for and have the use of the space for the coin deposited.

In U.S. Patent No. 2,509,480 to Compton, there is described and illustrated a parking meter of the type in which a coin is deposited and held in a suspended position, and it can be moved to another position where it can be viewed by a person, such as an officer of the law, inserting a key into the meter and partially rotating a normally locked shaft. Subsequent to the operation of the shaft the coin is released and deposited into a coin collection receptacle.

In another US. Patent, No. 2,593,985 to Compton, there is described and illustrated a parking meter in which the coin first deposited is handled in the abovedescribcd manner and subsequently deposited coins are bypassed around the same and are diverted into a coin collecting receptacle.

An object of the present invention is to provide a parking meter in which the coin first deposited is re ceived in a first suspended position, is moved to a second suspended position upon operation of a normally locked shaft in one direction, is moved to a viewing position upon a second operation of the normally locked shaft in the same direction, and is released for dropping into the coin collection receptacle upon the second operation of the normally locked shaft in the reverse direction.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a parking meter in which the coin first deposited is received in a first suspended position, a second coin deposited is received in a third suspended position, the first coin is moved to a second suspended position, and the second coin to a viewing position upon operation of a normally locked shaft in the forward direction, and the first coin is moved to a third suspended position, and the second coin is released for dropping into a coin collection receptacle upon operation of the normally locked shaft in the reverse direction.

Another object of the invention is to provide a meter having means for bypassing coins smaller than those which are normally required and also having means for bypassing smaller coins inserted subsequent to the insertion of a coin of the required size.

Still further objects and advantages will become apparent in connection with the accompanying drawings in which:

FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of the housing of a parking meter according to the present invention, showing the coin viewing window and the lock for the normally locked shaft. The meter here shown is of the type that collects payment for a single parking space;

FIGURE 2 is a vertical sectional view, taken on the section line 22 of FIG. 1 and looking in the direction of the arrows, showing the coin handling mechanism;

FIGURE 3 is an interior view of the door on the housing, also showing the coin handling mechanism and showing the first deposited coin in the first suspended position and the second deposited coin in the third suspended position;

FIGURE 4 is a view similar to FIG. 3 but showing the second deposited coin in the viewing position and the first deposited coin in the second suspended position;

FIGURE 5 is a view similar to FIGS. 3 and 4 showing the first deposited coin in the third suspended position and the second deposited coin being dropped into the coin collection receptacle;

FIGURE 6 is a perspective view similar to FIG. 1, but showing the housing of a parking meter according to the present invention Where the meter is of the duplex type, that is, collects coins for parking spaces on both sides of its position; 4

FIGURE 7 is a vertical sectional view similar to FIG. 2 but taken on the section line 7--7 of FIG. 6 and looking in the direction of the arrows, showing the coin handling mechanism of the duplex parking meter;

FIGURE 8 is a View similar to FIG. 3, also showing an interior view of the door of the housing of the duplex parking meter and showing the first deposited coin in the first suspended position and the second deposited coin in the second suspended position; and,

FIGURE 9 is a view similar to FIGS. 4 and 8 but showing the first deposited coin-in the duplex parking meter in the viewing position and a second deposited coin in the second suspended position.

FIGURE 10 is a view similar to FIGURE 9 showing deposited coins being dropped into the coin collection receptacle.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, and to FIG. 1 in particular, the housing of the parking meter is here designated at 12 and has an integral socket 11 at its bottom, which is adapted to receive the top of a supporting post 10. The housing 12 has upwardly and outwardly inclined side walls and a semi-circular top. Along the top of the socket 11 the housing 12 is cut away on a horizontal plane over a semi-circular half of the socket 11, and along a vertical plane through its mid-thickness from the top of the socket upward. The door of the housing is shown at 16. This door in general conforms to the vertically cut-away section of the housing 12, also having upwardly and outwardly inclined side walls and a semi-circular top. The side walls and top of the door 16 are formed with an outwardly ofiset flange 17, which receives the edges of the side walls and top of the vertically cut-away section of the housing 12, when the door 16 is in theclosed position. At its bottom the door 16 is outwardly and downwardly curved at 16c and this bottom section has thereon a centrally positioned lu-g 19. This lug 19 is received between two lugs 13-13 on the housing 12 and a pin 20 is force fitted through aligned holes in the lugs 13-13 and extends fireely through an aligned hole in the lug 19 to provide a pivotal mounting for the door 16.

On the outside of the door 16 there is formed an out struck portion 21, which is open at its bottom to form a coin insertion slot 23. A first lock, generally designated 25, is provided for holding the door 16 secured to the housing 12, as will be later described. There is also an indicia plate 26, which may inform the viewer as to the parking rates and these may be, for instance, 30 Minutes For One Nickel and 1 Hour For Two Nickels. Below the indicia plate 26 there is an exhibitor to window 27 and a second lock, generally designated 29, for the normally locked exhibitor shaft 53* to be later described.

Along the vertical center line and adjacent the top of the semi-circular section of the housing, the latter is formed on its inner face with a lug 14, which has a cut-away section 15 on its under side. The first lock 25 has an outer flange 49, a threaded barrel 41 and a shaft 2 rotatably mounted within the barrel 41. The barrel 41 extends through a hole (not shown) in the door 16 and a boss 30 on the inner face of the latter and is held in place by a nut 4-3, which is received on the barrel 41 and abuts the inner face of the boss 39. The shaft 42 carries a pawl 44-, which cooperates with the cut-out section ,15 in the lug 14 on the inner face of the housing to hold the door 16 in place. A nut 46 is provided on the outer end of the shaft 42 for holding the pawl 44 in place against the inner face of the barrel 41 and a lock washer 45 surrounds the shaft intermediate the pawl and this nut. A key 47, shown in phantom lines in FIG. 2, is provided for the door lock 25.

On its inner face the door 16 is formed with a bevelled coin receiving channel 31 above the coin insertion slot 23, which extends upwardly and inwardly from the latter slot, so that a coin inserted through the slot will be inclined upwardly and inwardly until the completion of the insertion, at which time it will assume a vertical position, and then drop downwardly to the position designated -1. A pin 37 is provided on the inner face of the door 16 in vertical alignment with the left side (FIGS. 3, 4, and of the coin insertion slot 23. At the right of the coin insertion slot, there is a second boss 32, which is beveled on its bottom at 32a.

A plate 50 is pivotally mounted on a cylindrical lug 33 on the inner face of the door 16 and forms an oscillatable back wall for supporting the coin in the several suspended positions, to be later described. On this plate there is an upwardly extending ear 56a, which is directly in the rear of the upwardly and rearwardly inclined coin receiving channel 31. The plate bears on the boss 30 at all times and in its normal position also on the boss 32.

A V-shaped spring 55 is mounted on a third boss 34 on the inner face of the door 16 by a screw 56 having an integral collar 56a thereon. This spring bears at its diversely spaced ends on the pivoted plate 56 to maintain same against the bosses 3t) and 32.

The boss 30' merges with a rib 35 on the inner face of the door 16, which is first outwardly and downwardly curved, interrupted at 36, and then inwardly and downwardly curved to form the side of a coin channel. At its bottom this rib 35 merges with a fourth boss 38 on the inner face of the door 16.

An arm 65 serves both to rock the plate 50 and to start the coin on its path of movement from the first to the second suspended position, which is designated C2. The second lock 2? has an outer flange 57, a barrel 58, which is of enlarged diameter on its inner section and screw threaded adjacent the flange 57, and a shaft 59 rotatably mounted within the barrel 58. A key 60 having a handle 62 pivotally mounted thereon at 61 for this lock, is shown in phantom lines in FIG. 2. The barrel 58 extends through a suitable hole (not shown) in the door 16 and the boss 38 and the lock is held in place by a nut 63 on the screw threaded section of the barrel. At its inner end of the shaft 59 extends beyond the barrel 58 and the arm 65 has a hole therein adjacent its inner end by which it is received on the inner end of the shaft. A nut 64 on the shaft 59 serves to hold the arm in place.

The arm 65 has a notch 66 in one side in which there is received a follower sleeve (not shown) which is mounted on a pin 67 on the pivoted plate 50. Adjacent its mid-section the arm 65 has a first lug 68 thereon, which is received in a first oblong slot 52 in the plate 56, bearing on the inner face of the door 16, and serves to partially support the coin in the second position of the latter, which is designated (3-2 in FIGS. 4 and 5; likewise, at its outer end the arm has a second lug 69 thereon, which is received in a second elongated slot 53 in the plate 5%, bearing on the inner face of the door 16, and serves to partially support the coin in the first suspended position C-l, as shown in FIG. 3. A coiled tension spring 70 is secured at its opposite ends by screws '71 to the arm 65 and to the pivoted plate 50 adjacent the lower end of the latter and serves to bias the arm to its rest position. When in its rest position, the outer end of the arm 65 and the lug 69 are received in a cut-out section 18 in the side flange 17 of the door 16.

The lower boss 38 has an inwardy extending lobe 33b thereon, which serves as a partial support for the coin in its viewing position C3, as shown in dotted lines in FIG. 4, and above this lobe an inwardly extending lug 33a, which serves as a partial support for a coin in its third position C-3. In horizontal alignment (FIG. 4) with the lobe 38b on the boss 38 there is a downwardly inclined lug 39, which is formed on the right side flange 17 of the door 16, from which any coins that go beyond the viewing position rebound to the latter.

The plate 59 has a pin 51 thereon which serves as a deflector. If a third coin should be deposited in the meter, it will strike the deflector pin 51, pass over the second deposited coin in the C-2 position, between the inner and outer lugs 68 and 69 on the arm 65, strike the lug 39, and fall directly into the coin collection receptacle (not shown). Thus, such a third deposited coin is bypassed and does not become lodged in and jam the meter. As the plate is rocked in the clockwise direction, as later described in operation, the interrupted section 36 of the rib 35 provides clearance for the deflector pin 51. The plate 50 is limited in its counterclockwise rotation by the engagement of edge portion 5% with the flange 17 on the wall of the meter housing. This plate 50 further has a lower extension 500 on its right side (FIGS. 3, 4, and 5), which extension is horizontally aligned with the viewing window 27 in the door 16 and is suitably colored, preferably red. At the lower right corner of this extension 500, there is an abutment 54. This abutment cooperates with the lobe 38b on the boss 38 to provide a support for the coin in the viewing position C4, as shown in FIG. 4. As the plate 50 returns to the rest position, the abutment 54 passes under the downwardly inclined lug 39 on the side flange 17 of the door, this lug forming a guide for the abutment, as shown in FIG. 3.

In operation, a coin is inserted through the slot 23. The coin comes to rest in the first suspended position C-l (FIG. 3) on the pin 3'7 and the outer lug 69 on the arm 65. Assuming that the coin is a nickel in payment for a half hours parking time and that the person parking the automobile does not desire to park for a longer period, another coin will not be inserted in the meter. An oflicer of the law, or a member of the parking meter patrol, may at any time come along, insert a key 60 in the lock 29 and rotate the shaft 59 and the arm 65 in the counterclockwise direction (FIG. 4). The pivoted plate 50 will be rotated in the clockwise direction by engagement of the lug 68 on arm 65 moving in the oblong slot 52 in plate 5%). The position assumed by the plate 56 when rotated in a clockwise direction is shown in FIG. 4. The outer lug 6) on the arm 65 will force the coin over the pin 37 and the latter will fall to the second suspended position C-2, where it is held between the pin 51 on the plate 50 and the inner lug 68 on the arm 65, as shown in FIG. 4. The plate 50 is returned to its rest position, with the outer lug 69 in the cut-out section 18 in the side flange 17 on the door 16. as shown in FIGS. 3 and 5, and the arm 65 is returned to its rest position by the coiled spring 70. The coin then falls to an intermediate position C-3, where it is held between the lobe 38a on the boss 38 and the inner lug 68 on the arm 65. Upon again rotating the shaft 59, as viewed in the counter-clockwise direction in FIG. 5 the inner lug 68 on the arm 65 will ride upwardly and over the coin, the latter will be released and fall to the third suspended position, this being the viewing position and which is designated C-4. In this position it is held between the lobe 38b on the boss 38 and the abutment 54 on the lower extension 560 of the plate 56. The coin will be held in this position as long as the shaft 59 is held in the operated position. While in this position, it may be inspected through the window 27. Upon the release of the shaft 59, the latter and the pivoted plate 56 are returned to their rest positions by the tension spring 70, the abutment 54 is Withdrawn from beneath the coin and the latter falls into a coin collection receptacle (not shown) in the bottom of the housing 12.

When two coins are inserted in succession through the slot 23, for instance two nickels to pay for an hours parking time, the first coin will as before come to rest in a first suspended position C 1 on the pin 37 and the outer lug 69 on the arm 65. The second coin will strike the first coin in this position, be deflected by same, pass over the pin 37 and be stopped in the third suspended position C-3 between the lobe 38a on the boss 38 and the inner lug 68 on the arm 65, as shown in FIG. 3. Upon operation of the shaft 59 in the forward direction, the second coin will be released and will fall to the viewing position C-4 (FIG. 4) between the lobe 3817 on the boss 38 and the abutment 54 on the plate 50. At the same time, the outer lug 69 on the arm 65 will move the first coin from the first suspended position and same will roll over the pin 37 and fall to the second suspended position C2, between the pin 51 on the plate 50 and the inner pawl 68 on the arm 65. Upon the return of the shaft 59 and the arm 65 to their rest positions, the second coin will be released from the viewing position C-4 into the coin collection receptacle, and the first coin will fall to the third suspended position C-3, as previously described.

When two required coins have been inserted in succession through the slot 23, to pay for the desired parking space, they will come to rest as previously described. When a third coin is inserted before either of the previously inserted coins has been released to the coin collection receptable, the third coin will strike the first coin, pass over pin 37, strike pin 51 and the second coin, pass over lug 68 on arm 65 and be deflected by lug 39 downwardly into the coin collection receptacle.

The housing for the duplex parking meter is shown in FIGURES 6 and 7 and designated 72. This housing is of generally rectangular shape except that at the bottom its side walls are curved downwardly and inwardly a-t 72a to form a socket 73. The door 75 conforms in shape to the housing 72 and has an offset flange 76 for receiving the sides and top of the housing. At its bottom the door is sloped downwardly and outwardly at 75a and formed with a central lug 77. A pin 78 is force fitted through aligned holes in parallel lugs 74-74 on the socket and freely received in an aligned hole in the lug '77 to form a pivotal mounting for the door 75 on the housing 72.

The door lock 25, the indicia plate 26 and the lock 29 for the coin exhibitor shaft are identical with the same elements of the parking meter according to FIGS. 1 to 5, inclusive. There are, however, two outstruck portions 21 and 22 in the door 75 and two coin insertion slots 23 and 24 in the door, respectively, below these outstruck portions, and two exhibitor windows 27 and 28.

On the inside of the door 75, two parallel coin channels are formed in a central depressed section 85 of the inner face of the door. Along the vertical center line of the door there is formed an upper boss 80, having vertically positioned sides and a lower boss 94, having a lobe 94:; on its right side (FIG. 9). The door lock 25 extends through a suitable hole (not shown) in the door 75 and the upper boss 89. Similarly, the lock 29 for the coin exhibitor shaft 59 extends through a suitable hole (not shown) in the door 75 and the lower boss 94.

On the opposite sides of the upper boss and above the coin insertion slots 23 and 24, the inner face of the door 75 is beveled upwardly and inwardly to form a coin insertion channel 79, so that a coin inserted through the respective slot will be inclined upwardly and inwardly, until the completion of the insertion, at which time it will assume a vertical position, and then drop downwardly to the first suspended position at C-1, or the fourth suspended position C4, as the case may be. The first coin channel extends from the beveled portion 79 of the door above the coin insertion slot 23 and is formed on its right (FIG. 9) by the vertically positioned right side wall 81 of the central depressed section 85 in the door, which side wall is oflfset by an inwardly curved section 81a, continues in a straight section, and terminates in an inwardly and downwardly inclined section 81b, which is disposed toward the coin collection receptacle (not shown). The left side of this coin channel is formed by the right vertically disposed side of the upper boss 80 on the inner face of the door 75, an upper pin 87 on the inner face of the door 75, two lower pins 88 and 89 mounted in the door 75, land the right lobe 94a on the lower boss 94.

Likewise, the second coin channel extends from the beveled portion 79 of the door above the coin insertion slot 24- and is formed in part on its left (FIG. 9) by the Vertically positioned left side wall 82 of the central depressed section 85 in the door, which side wall is convex outwardly at 82a, concave inwardly at 82b, continues in a straight line section and terminates in an inwardly and downwardly inclined section 820, also disposed toward the coin collection receptacle. Below the outwardly convex section 82a of the side wall, the coin channel is bounded by upper and lower pins 90 and 91 carried by the rockable plate 95. The right side of the coin channel is formed by the left vertically disposed side of the upper boss 80, a pin 92 and an abutment 93 on the inner face of the door 75, and the left lobe 94b on the lower boss 94.

The rockable plate 95 is cut away along its vertical center line from its top at 96 and from its bottom at 97. The top cut-away section 96 provides clearance for the upper boss 80 and the barrel 41 of the door lock "29 and the lower cut-away section 97 provides clearance for the lower boss 94- and the barrel 58 of the lock for the exhibitor shaft 59. A screw 100 forms a pivotal mounting for the plate 95, and this screw extends freely through a hole in the plate 95 and is threadedly secured in a threaded hole (not shown) in a cylindrical lug 80b on the downward extension 86a of the boss 80. The V-shaped spring 55 is also mounted at its apex on the screw 1% and bears at its diversely spaced ends on the rockable plate 95 to maintain same against the sides 81 and 82 of the central depressed section 85. As previously stated, the rockable plate 95 carries a stud 89, which partially traverses the left coin channel. The right sidewall 81 of the first coin channel hasa pin 84 therein, which forms a stop for the rockable plate 95 in the rest position of the latter, and theleft sidewall 82 has a pin 86 therein which forms a stop for the plate in the operated position of same. As in the modification according to FIGS. 1 to 5, inclusive, the tail sections 95a and 95b on the opposite sides of the lower cut-out section 97 of the plate are colored, preferably red, these sections being positioned in the rear of the viewing windows 27 and 28, respectively (FIG. 6). At the lower right corners of tail sections 95a and 95b there are screws 192 forming coin holding abutments which will be later described. The right side wall 81 of the first coin channel is cut away at 85 to provide clearance for the abutment 102 on the right tail section 95a and the lower boss 94 is cut away on the left side at 94b to provide clearance for the abutment 102 on the left tail section 95b, when the plate is in its rest position.

The arm 65 in the modification according to FIGS. 1 to 5, inclusive, is here replaced by a cam plate 104 which is mounted on the shaft 59 of the coin exhibitor lock 29 and held against the barrel 58 of the latter by the nut 64. This cam plate has a curved section 104a on its left side, which abuts a follower pin 101 on the plate 95. A coiled tension spring 105 is secured at one end to a screw 102a in the left tail section 95!) of the rockable plate 95, partially surrounds the barrel 58 of the lock 29, and is secured at its other end to a screw 106 on the cam plate. At one upper corner the cam plate 104 has a lug 108 thereon, which travels in a diagonally positioned slot 98 in the rockable plate 95 and traverses the first coin channel; similarly, at its other upper corner the cam plate has a lug 109 thereon, which travels in an inclined slot 99 in the plate 95 and traverses the second coin channel. As stated, the cut away section 83 in the right side wall 81 of the first coin channel provides clearance for the lug 108 on the cam plate 104 when the latter is pulled to its rest position by the spring 105.

In operation, let it be assumed that a nickel is inserted in the coin slot 23 in payment for a half hours parking time in the parking space rearwardly of the meter location. The coin will fall downward and be deflected to the right by the upper pin 87, pass the lower pin 88 and come to rest between the stud 89 on the rockable plate 95 and the right side wall 81 of the coin channel. This is the second suspended position of the coin, and which position is designated 05, and is the position which the lowermost coin occupies in FIG. 8. If the person parking the automobile should not desire more than a half hours parking time, another coin will not be inserted. An ofiicer of the law, or a member of the parking patrol, may come along and insert a key 60 in the lock 29 and rotate the shaft 59 in the counter-clockwise direction (FIG. 9). The cam plate 104 will rotate the rockable plate 95 in the clockwise direction through the pin 101 until it strikes the stop 86 in the left side wall 82 of the second coin channel and the stud 89 on the plate 95 will release the coin. The latter will fall downward to the third suspended position, which is designated C6, and in which position it is held by the right lobe 94a on the lower boss 94 and the abutment 102 on the tail portion 95a of the plate 95. In this position the coin is at the rear of the viewing window 27 (FIG. 6). The coin will remain in this position as long as the shaft 59 is held in its forwardly rotated position. The return rotation of the rockable plate 95 in the counter-clockwise .direction is produced by the coiled tension spring 105 and such rotation is limited by the plate striking the stop 84 in the side wall 81 of the first coin channel; the return rotation of the cam plate 104 is also produced by the coiled tension spring 1105 and such rotation is limited by the lug 108 thereon coming to rest in the cut-out section 83 of the side wall 81. During the return rotation of the plate 95 the abutment 102 will be removed from beneath the coin and the latter will fall downward into the coin collection receptacle (not shown).

If now with the first coin in the described position between the stud 89 and the rockable plate 95 and the right side wall 81 of the coin channel, as shown by the coin in the lowermost position at C- in FIG. 8, a second coin should be inserted through the slot 23 to complete payment for an hours parking time, it will come to rest .against the upper pin 87 and on the previously deposited counterclockwise rotation of the shaft 59 as before, the lowermost coin will be released and fall downward to the third suspended position 0-6 between the right lobe 94a on the lower boss 94 and the abutment 102 on the tail section 95a of the rockable plate 95, where it is behind the viewing window 27; at the same time, the uppermost coin will be held in the first suspended position C-4 between the upper and lower pins 87 and 88 and the lug 108 on the cam plate 104. When the reverse rotation of the plate 95 is effected by the coiled tension spring 105, the uppermost coin will be released by the lug 108 on the cam plate 110- being moved away from same, and will fall into the second suspended position 05 between the stud 89 on the plate 95 and the side wall 81 of the coin channel; at the same time the first deposited coin will be released to fall into the coin collection receptacle by the withdrawal of the abutment 102 on the right tail section 95a of the plate 95 from beneath same.

When a coin is inserted in the coin slot 24 to pay for a half hours parking time in the parking space forwardly of the meter, it will be deflected to the left (-FIG. 9) by the upper pin 92, pass the pin 90, and come to rest in the second suspended position C-2 between the stud 91 on the plate 95 and the abutment 93 on the inner face of the door, this being the intermediate position occupied by the coin in FIG. 8. Assuming that another coin is not inserted in the slot 24 to pay for continued use of the parking space, the coin will remain in this position until the shaft 59 is rotated. Upon counter-clockwise rotation of the shaft 59 and clockwise rotation of the rockable plate 95, as previously described, the stud 91 on the plate will be withdrawn from beneath the coin, and the latter will fall into the third suspended position (3-3, where it will be supported by the abutment 102 on the left tail section 95b of the plate and against the left side wall 82 of the coin channel. In this position the coin is at the rear of the viewing window 28 (FIG. 6). The coin will remain in this position as long as the shaft 59 is held in the forwardly rotated position. Upon the return rotation of the plate 95 in the counter-clockwise direction under the action of the coiled tension spring 105, the abutment 102 on the left tail section 95b of the plate 95 will be withdrawn from beneath the coin and the latter will fall into the coin collection receptacle (not shown).

If this person parking the automobile desires to use the parking space for an hour and has inserted a first coin which has come to rest in the described second suspended position 0-2 between the stud 91 on the plate 95 and the abutment 93 on the inner face of the door 75, a second coin will be inserted through the slot 24. It will come to rest between the inwardly convex section 82a of the side wall of the second coin channel and the first inserted coin, in the position occupied by the uppermost coin in FIG. 8, and designated C1. Undersized coins, such as pennies, will pass between the inwardly convex section 82a of the side wall of the coin channel and the pin and around the lower boss 94 and fall directly into the coin collection receptacle. Upon counter-clockwise rotation of the shaft 59 as before, the lowermost coin will be released and will fall downward to the third suspended position 04, between the abutment 162 on the left tail section b of the rockable plate 95 and the side wall 82 of the coin channel; at the same time, the uppermost coin will be gripped in the first suspended position Cl between the pin 90 and the lug 109 on the cam plate 104. When the reverse rotation of the rockable plate 95 is effected by the coiled tension spring 105, the uppermost coin will be released by the lug 109 on the cam plate 104 being moved away from same and will fall into the second suspended position C2 between the stud 91 on the plate 95 and the abutment 93 on the inner face of the door 75; at the same time, the first deposited coin will be released to fall into the coin collection receptacle by the withdrawal of the 9 abutment 102 on the left tail section 95b of the plate 95 from beneath same.

Having now fully described my invention, What I claim as new and useful and desired to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. In a parking meter, a wall member, a plate pivotally mounted on said wall member in parallel relationship with and for swinging movement across the latter, a rotatable shaft extending through said wall member, an arm mounted on said shaft, a first coin support comprised by a pin on said wall member and a first lug on said arm, and a second coin support comprised by a boss on said wall member disposed toward said plate and a second lug on said arm.

2. In a parking meter, a wall member, a window in said wall member, a plate pivotally mounted on said wall member in parallel relationship with and for swinging movement across the latter, a shaft extending through said wall member, an arm mounted on said shaft for pivotal movement across said wall member, a driving connection between said arm and said plate, a first coin support comprised by a pin on said wall member and a first lug on said arm, a second coin support including a boss on said wall member disposed toward said plate, and a third coin support aligned with the window in said wall member comprised by a boss on said wall member dis posed toward said plate and an abutment on said plate.

3. In a parking meter, a wall member, a plate pivotally mounted on said wall member in parallel relationship with and for swinging movement across the latter, a shaft extending through said wall member, a lock on said wall member connected to said shaft and normally holding same against rotation, an arm mounted on said shaft for pivotal movement across said wall member, a driving connection between said arm and said plate, a first coin support comprised by a pin on said wall member and a first lug on said arm, and a second coin support comprised by a boss on said wall member disposed toward said plate and a second lug on said arm.

4. In a parking meter, a wall member, a plate pivotally mounted on said wall member in parallel relationship with and for swinging movement across the latter, a shaft extending through said wall member, an arm mounted on said shaft for pivotal movement across said wall member, a driving connection between said arm and said plate, a first coin support comprised by a pin on said wall member and a first lug on said arm, a second coin support comprised by a boss on said wall member disposed toward said plate and a second lug on said arm, and a third coin support comprised by a boss on said wall member disposed toward said plate and an abutment on said plate.

5. In a duplex parking meter, a wall member, a rockable plate pivotally mounted on said wall member and for swinging movement across the latter and forming a pair of coin channels with same, a boss extending inwardly from said wall member, a coin plate mounted on said boss for pivotal movement across said wall member, a first coin support in the first coin channel comprised by an abutment on said wall member and a lug on said rockable plate, a second coin support in the first coin channel comprised by said first coin, a first extension of said wall member disposed toward said rockable plate and an abutment on said rockable plate, and a first coin support in the second coin channel comprised by a lug on said rockable plate and side of said wall member, and a second coin support in the second coin channel comprised by said first coin, and a lug on said wall member.

6. In a duplex parking meter, a wall member, a rockable plate for swinging movement across the latter and forming a pair of coin channels with same, a shaft extending through said wall member, a cam plate mounted on said shaft for pivotal movement across said wall member, a driving connection between said cam plate and said rockable plate, a first coin support in the first coin channel comprised by a pin on said wall member and a lug on said arm, a second coin support in the firstcoin channel comprised by a boss on said wall member disposed toward said rockable plate and an abutment on said rockable plate and a first coin support in the second coin channel comprised by an abutment on the wall member and a stud on the rockable plate, and a second support in the second coin channel comprised by an abutment on said wall member disposed toward said rockable plate and an abutment on said rockable plate.

7. In a duplex parking meter, a wall member, a pair of windows in said wall member, a rockable plate pivotally mounted on said wall member for swinging movement across the latter and forming a pair of coin channels with same, a shaft extending through said wall member, a cam plate mounted on said shaft for pivotal movement across said wall member, a first coin support in the first coin channel comprised by an abutment on said wall member and a lug on said rockable plate, a second coin support in the first coin channel comprised by the initial coin, by a first extension of said wall member disposed toward said rockable plate and an abutment on said wall member and a first coin support in the second coin channel comprised by a lug on said rockable plate and a vertically positioned side wall on said wall member, and a second coin support in the second coin channel comprised by the initial first coin and a lug on said Wall member and on said rockable plate an abutment in each first and second coin channels aligned with said pair of windows that with a side wall on said wall member form a coin holding device so coins can be displayed through windows when said shaft is rotated.

8. In a duplex parking meter, a wall member defining one side of a coin channel and having a depressed central section with sides respectively forming the end walls of a pair of coin channels, a rockable plate pivotally mounted on said wall member for swinging movement across the latter and defining the other side of the pair of coin channels, a shaft extending through said wall member, a cam plate mounted on said shaft for pivotal movement across said wall member, a driving connection between said cam plate and said rockable plate, a first coin support in the first coin channel comprised by a lug on the rockable plate and an abutment of the wall member, a second coin support in the first coin channel comprised of a portion of said wall member and an abutment on said rockable plate, and a third coin support in the first coin channel comprised by a pin on said rockable plate and a lug on the cam plate, and a first coin support in the second coin channel comprised by a stud on the rockable plate and a portion of said wall member, a second coin support in the second coin channel comprised by a boss on said wall member disposed toward said rockable plate and an abutment on the rockable plate, and a third coin support in the second coin channel comprised by a pair of pins on the rockable plate, and a second lug on the cam plate.

9. In a parking meter, a wall member forming one side of a coin channel and having a boss thereon at the exit end of the coin channel, a window in said wall member adjacent the boss, a plate pivotally mounted on said wall member in parallel relationship with and for swinging movement across the latter and forming the other side of the coin channel, a shaft extending through said wall member and boss an oscilla-table member mounted on said shaft for swingable movement across said plate, a driving connection between said latter member and said plate, a first coin support comprised in part by a pin on said wall member and an abutment on said osci-llatable member, a second coin support comprised by a part of said wall member and 2. lug on said pivotally mounted plate, and a third coin support aligned with said window comprised by said lobe and an abutment on said pivotally mounted plate.

10. In a parking meter, a wall member forming one side of a coin channel and having a boss thereon at the exit end of the coin channel, a window in said wall member adjacent the boss, a plate pivotally mounted on said wall member in parallel relationship with and for swinging movement across the latter and forming the other side of the coin channel, a shaft extending through said wall member and boss, an oscillatable member mounted on said shaft for swingable movement across said plate, a first coin support comprised by a pin on said pivotally mounted plate and a lug on said oscillatable member,

a second coin support comprised by a stud on said pivotal- 10 'ly mounted plate and an abutment on said wall member,

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Compton May 30, 1950 Compton Apr. 22, 1952 

10. IN A PARKING METER, A WALL MEMBER FORMING ONE SIDE OF A COIN CHANNEL AND HAVING A BOSS THEREON AT THE EXIT END OF THE COIN CHANNEL, A WINDOW IN SAID WALL MEMBER ADJACENT THE BOSS, A PLATE PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON SAID WALL MEMBER IN PARALLEL RELATIONSHIP WITH AND FOR SWINGING MOVEMENT ACROSS THE LATTER AND FORMING THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN CHANNEL, A SHAFT EXTENDING THROUGH SAID WALL MEMBER AND BOSS, AN OSCILLATABLE MEMBER MOUNTED ON SAID SHAFT FOR SWINGABLE MOVEMENT ACROSS SAID PLATE, A FIRST COIN SUPPORT COMPRISED BY A PIN ON SAID PIVOTALLY MOUNTED PLATE AND A LUG ON SAID OSCILLATABLE MEMBER, A SECOND COIN SUPPORT COMPRISED BY A STUD ON SAID PIVOTALLY MOUNTED PLATE AND AN ABUTMENT ON SAID WALL MEMBER, AND A THIRD COIN SUPPORT ALIGNED WITH SAID WINDOW COMPRISED BY A PART OF SAID COIN CHANNEL AND AN ABUTMENT ON SAID PIVOTALLY MOUNTED PLATE. 